EP0362072B1 - Mécanisme de suspension d'un patin porte-tête pour un appareil d'enregistrement - Google Patents

Mécanisme de suspension d'un patin porte-tête pour un appareil d'enregistrement Download PDF

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EP0362072B1
EP0362072B1 EP89402676A EP89402676A EP0362072B1 EP 0362072 B1 EP0362072 B1 EP 0362072B1 EP 89402676 A EP89402676 A EP 89402676A EP 89402676 A EP89402676 A EP 89402676A EP 0362072 B1 EP0362072 B1 EP 0362072B1
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Takeshi Ohwe
Seiji Yoneoka
Minoru Shinjo Koporasu 405 21-20 Takahashi
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B21/00—Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing
    • G11B21/02—Driving or moving of heads
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    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/4806—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed specially adapted for disk drive assemblies, e.g. assembly prior to operation, hard or flexible disk drives
    • G11B5/4826—Mounting, aligning or attachment of the transducer head relative to the arm assembly, e.g. slider holding members, gimbals, adhesive
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    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B21/00—Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing
    • G11B21/02—Driving or moving of heads
    • G11B21/08—Track changing or selecting during transducing operation
    • G11B21/081—Access to indexed tracks or parts of continuous track
    • G11B21/083—Access to indexed tracks or parts of continuous track on discs

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  • the present invention relates to a recording apparatus such as a magnetic recording apparatus or an optical recording apparatus, each having airbearing head sliders (hereinafter simply referred to as a head slider) which is flexibly suspended by a suspension mechanism, carrying a magnetic or an optical transducer over a rotating disk with a constant spacing therebetween.
  • a head slider airbearing head sliders
  • the invention relates to an improvement in a spring member of the suspension mechanism, usually referred to as a gimbal spring, for flexibly mounting the head slider on a load beam of the suspension mechanism.
  • a magnetic or an optical transducer is carried by a head slider which is suspended by a suspension mechanism fixed to a rigid arm of a head positioner such that the transducer is controllably displaced over a rotating magnetic disk to access a target track of the disk.
  • This is referred to as a seek operation, and the direction in which the head slider is transferred is referred to as a seek direction.
  • the seek direction is approximately radial with respect to the magnetic disk.
  • the suspension mechanism comprises a head slide, a load beam and a gimbal spring. The head slider is mounted through the gimbal spring on the free end portion of the load beam which is secured to a rigid arm of the related head positioner at the other end portion.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view illustrting three types - A, B and C- of positional relationships or the relative arrangements between each head positioner and the relevant suspension mechanism with respect to a disk rotating around its center Q.
  • the arrangement A is known as a linear type.
  • a rigid arm 2 of a head positioner 1 is moved forward and rearward, namely reciprocally, in a seek direction 3 shown by a double arrow, thereby displacing a load beam and a head slider in the seek direction 3 with respect to a disk 12.
  • the arrangement B is known as a swivelling type.
  • a head positioner 4 is rotatable clockwise and counter-clockwise,(as shown by a sagittated arc) swivelling an arm 5.
  • the head slider which is suspended by a load beam 13 is displaced over the disk 12 along an arc, i.e. in a seek direction 6.
  • the principal axis of the load beam 13 is in this case normal to that of the arm 5.
  • the arrangement C is also referred to as of swivelling type.
  • a head positioner 8 is rotatable clockwise and counter-clockwise, swivelling an arm 7 and a load beam 9.
  • the head slider 10 is displaced in a seek direction 11 relative to the disk 12, with the longitudinal lines of the load beam 9 and the arm 7 aligned.
  • the seek directions 3, 6 and 11 are approximately along a radial direction of the magnetic disk 12.
  • the linear type arrangement A requires a wide space and a to-and-fro motion of the head positioner, and consequently does not lend itself to a miniaturization of the associated structure.
  • Arrangements B and C are preferable for a compact type magnetic disk apparatus.
  • the swivelling head positioner 4 of type B needs a relatively long arm 5, which tends to increase the rotational inertial moment of the arm 5, thereby adversely affecting high speed operation of the magnetic disk apparatus. Consequently, the current trend is now towards positioner 8 of the arrangement C for compact and high speed magnetic disk apparatus.
  • the present invention essentially relates to mechanism for a head slider used in a head positioner of the arrangement C.
  • a suspension mechanism for a head slider will now be described.
  • the head slider is flexibly supported by a suspension mechanism.
  • a typical suspension mechanism referred to as a Whitney type suspension mechanism, is disclosed in the U.S. Patent, Serial N°. 3.931.641, published on Jan. 6, 1976, and N°. 4.167.765, published on Sept. 11, 1979, both issued to Watrous.
  • the latter suspension mechanisms have a combined load beam comprising a holding section, a resilient spring section and a substantially rigid section connected to the spring section at one end. At the other end of the rigid section of the load beam, there is fixed a substantially rectangular flexture having a central finger.
  • a head slider is fixed to the central finger, engaging with a rotating magnetic disk with a predetermined spacing therebetween.
  • the spacing is maintained by balancing aerodynamic force provided by an air flow caused by the rotating disk with the resilient force loaded by the relevant load beam.
  • the above described Whitney type is also referred to as a Watrous type, and the flexture is usually referred to as a gimbal spring.
  • Fig. 2(a) and Fig. 2(b) respectively show a partial plan view and a side view of a Whitney type suspension mechanism.
  • the whole structure of the suspension mechanism is as described above.
  • a spring member 21, henceforth referred to as a gimbal spring is welded to the end portion of both sides flanged rigid portion 20 of the associated load beam at four points 23 located at a supporting portion 21a of the gimbal spring 21.
  • a magnetic transducer 22 (illustrated with chain lines) is fixed to a tongue-like or finger-like central section 21b of the gimbal spring 21.
  • Fig. 2(a) and Fig. 2(b) respectively show a partial plan view and a side view of a Whitney type suspension mechanism.
  • the whole structure of the suspension mechanism is as described above.
  • a spring member 21, henceforth referred to as a gimbal spring is welded to the end portion of both sides flanged rigid portion 20 of the associated load beam at four points 23 located at a
  • the central section 21b is connected to a cross leg supported in a cantilever suspension, and extending in the longitudinal direction of the load beam.
  • the mechanical vibration characteristics of the gimbal spring 21 enhances the stability of the seek operation of the head slider 22.
  • the mechanical vibration characteristics are considerably unfavorable. This is basically attributed to a low resonant frequency of the gimbal spring 21 in the seek direction 26.
  • the gimbal spring 21 should be designed to have a high resonant frequency in the seek direction since, in general, a low frequency resonant vibration of the gimbal spring 21 is accompanied by a rather larger vibration amplitude, and conversely a high frequency resonant vibration is accompanied by a favorably smaller amplitude.
  • Fig. 3 is a diagram representing a simulated vibration mode of the gimbal spring of Fig. 2(a) in a seek direction 25 that is in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the central section 21b.
  • the resonant frequency is approximately 37 kHz, which is sufficiently high to obtain a stable floating movement of the head slider 21 over the rotating disk in a seek direction.
  • Fig. 4 is a diagram of the same in a seek direction 26 which is normal to the longitudinal direction of the central section 21b.
  • the resonant frequency is approximately 5 kHz, which is unfavorably low and causes an unstable seek operation of the head slider 21.
  • small circles denote the points over the simulated gimbal spring deformed by vibration, and underlying dotted figure denotes original positions of the corresponding points of the gimbal spring subjected to no vibration.
  • Points 27 and 28 indicate the locations where the central section is fixed to a load beam and to a head slider respectively.
  • the gimbal spring 21 of Fig. 2(a) is applicable to a suspension mechanism of a recording apparatus having a swivelling head positioner disposed as in the arrangement B shown in Fig. 1, whereby a stable movement of the head slider in floating during a seek operation is assured since the seek direction 6 corresponds to the direction 25 of Fig. 2(a).
  • the gimbal spring 21 is not applicable to the suspension mechanism of the arrangement C, since the head slider is, in this case, displaced in the direction 11 corresponding to direction 26 of Fig. 2(a).
  • arrangement C is the most suitable for a compact and high speed magnetic recording apparatus. An improved gimbal spring suitable for seek operation in all directions has been needed in the art.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an improved head slider suspension mechanism for accessing tracks of a rotating disk of a compact and high speed recording disk apparatus.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a head slider suspension mechanism having a gimbal spring through which a transducer is displaced as it is flexibly lifted over the cooperating rotating disk by the suspension mechanism during seeking operations of the head slider.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a head slider suspension mechanism having an improved gimbal spring carrying a head slider which allows a relatively easy and stable pitching and rolling movements of the head slider, particularly in the seek operation of the head slider.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide an improved suspension mechanism for a recording disk apparatus in which the transducer is easily and accurately mounted on a gimbal spring, reducing associated manufacturing costs.
  • a more particular object of the present invention is to provide a gimbal spring featuring good high mechanical resonant frequency in the inherent seek direction of the head slider, so enabling the head slider to perform a stable and exact seek operation with allowable small pitching and rolling movements.
  • FIG. 5 is a partial plan view of a suspension mechanism of the embodiment, illustrating a gimbal spring mounted on a load beam.
  • Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional side view of the suspension mechanism of Fig. 5, taken along a line X-X shown in Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 7 is a partial perspective view of the suspension mechanism of Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the suspension mechanism of Fig. 5, taken along a line Y-Y shown in Fig. 5.
  • the seek direction of the head slider 32 is shown by an arrow 44 which is parallel with the line Y-Y.
  • the gimbal spring 31 comprises a first side leg portion 33 with projecting portion, forming a mounting tab 38, a second side leg portion 34 with another mounting tab 39, a raised central leg portion 35, and two cross leg portions 35 and 36.
  • the first and second side leg portions 33 and 34 are located on both sides of the central leg portion 35.
  • the three leg portions, 33, 34 and 35 are disposed in parallel, being spatially separated from each other by two slits 43, and being connected to each other at the opposite ends of the three leg portions 33, 34 and 35 by the transversing cross leg portions 36 and 37, thereby forming a gimbal spring 31.
  • the side leg portions 33 and 34, and the mounting tabs 38 and 39 lie on the same base plane F.
  • the central leg portion 35 is supported at both ends thereof by the cross leg portions 36 and 37, lying on a plane elevated from the base plane F by a step difference s.
  • Both cross leg portions 36 and 37 respectively have folded raised portions 36a and 37a normal to the base plane F of the gimbal spring 31 to elevate the central leg portion 35.
  • portions 36a and 37a serve to reduce the width B of the whole gimbal spring 31 without degrading the flexing function that would otherwise be provided by a gimbal spring plate formed in a flat plane by extending the gimbal spring 31.
  • the gimbal spring 31 is made of a resilient metal foil, such as stainless steel foil having a thickness of approximately 30 microns.
  • Typical dimensions of the gimbal spring shown in Fig. 7, given as a non-limiting example, are as follows: longitudidinal length A - approximately 5mm, lateral length B - approximately 1.5mm, width W1 of the central leg portion 35 - approximately 0.6mm and width W2 of the cross leg portions 36 and 37 - approximately 0.5mm.
  • the load beam 30 has an upraised dimple 42 and an aligning hole 30a in a portion adjacent to the free end thereof. Both are located on the longitudinal center line of the load beam 30.
  • the mounting tab 38 has also an aligning hole 38a having the same inner diameter as that of the hole 30a.
  • the gimbal spring 31 is fixed to the end portion of the load beam 30 by welding the mounting tabs 38 and 39 to the top surface of the load beam 30 at, e.g. five points 40 and e.g. three points 41 as shown in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6. In this way, the position of the gimbal spring 31 relative to the load beam 30, in the longitudinal direction thereof, is precisely obtained by aligning the hole 38a of the mounting tab 38 with the hole 30a of the load beam 30.
  • the mounting tabs 38 and 39 have sufficient spot welding areas to enable the gimbal spring 31 to be easily and securely spot welded to the load beam 30.
  • a pivot-like raised dimple 42 or a load protrusion 42 is pressed thereinto as shown in Fig. 5, Fig. 6 and Fig. 8.
  • the dimple 42 is formed on the longitudinal center line X-X of the load beam 30.
  • the height of the dimple typically ranges from 10 to 100 microns.
  • the dimple 42 is located such that, when the gimbal spring 31 is mounted on the load beam 30 by spot welding, the dimple 42 becomes inserted in the space underneath the central leg portion 35 and the tip of the dimple 42 comes into contact with the rear surface of the central leg portion 35 at a point 0, which is exactly centered with respect to the opposite cross leg portions 36 and 37.
  • the central leg portion 35 and those parts of the side leg portions 33 and 34 that freely extend from the portion secured to the load beam 30 may be warped in opposite directions, concave to each other, so as to form a slightly ellipsoidal profile, as exaggeratedly shown in Fig. 8.
  • a small space gap may be present between the dimple 42 and the rear surface of the central leg portion 35.
  • both cases are envisageable for flexibly suspending the head slider 32 over a rotating disk by virtue of the flexible structure of the suspension mechanism, and in particularly that of the gimbal spring 31.
  • the height of the dimple 42 and the step difference s are made to coincide.
  • the head slider 32 is mounted on the top surface of the central leg portion 35 by adhering the bottom surface of the head slider 32 to the top surface of the central leg portion 35, e.g. with a chemical adhesive material 49.
  • the center of gravity of the head slider 32 is normally aligned with the contact point 0. Even if the top surface of the central leg portion 35 is warped convexly, forming small clearances between the top surface of the central leg portion 35 and the bottom surface of the head slider 32, these clearances can be easily filled in with the adhesive material.
  • a conventional adhesive such as a thermoplastic adhesive may be used.
  • the step difference s between the base plane F of the gimbal spring 31 and the central leg portion 35 facilitates precise mounting of the head slider 32 to the gimbal spring 31.
  • resilient force is loaded to the head slider 31.
  • the force is applied to the surface of a recording disk employed in the apparatus when the disk is stationary.
  • the resilient loading force is balanced with an aerodynamic force caused by running air flow adjacent to the surface of the rotating disk.
  • the head slider 32 is lifted over the disk with a predetermined spacing.
  • the resilient loading force is generated by the resilient section of the load beam 30, being transferred to the head slider 32 through a universal joint connection formed at the point 10 between the dimple 42 and the rear surface of the central leg portion 35 of the gimbal spring 31.
  • the universal joint connection provides freedom of action of the slider for rolling and pitching thereof in an airbearing operation of the head slider 32. Consequently, the loading force is applied through the single contact point 0 at the center of the central leg portion 35 of the gimbal spring 31.
  • the central leg portion 35 is supported at both of its ends by the cross leg portions 36 and 37.
  • Fig. 9 is a computer simulation diagram representing the vibration mode of a gimbal spring, the dimensions of which are the same as those of the gimbal spring 31 of Fig. 5, where the seek direction 44 is taken in the longitudinal direction of the central leg portion 35.
  • the points 45 and 46 represent the fixing points of the gimbal spring 31 to the load beam 30, and point 47 represents the fixing point of the head slider 32 to the gimbal spring 31.
  • the resonant frequency is shown to be approximately 38 kHz, i.e. sufficiently high.
  • each side leg portion is fixed at an area extending between three points 46.
  • the tabs 38 and 39 for extending the welding area are usable for spot welding.
  • the suspension mechanism of the embodiment is useful for a compact recording disk apparatus having a suspension mechanism of the arrangement of type C and a high speed seek operation.
  • Fig. 10 and Fig. 11 are substantially schematic cross-sectional views of the head slider 32 taken along the line Y-Y shown in Fig. 5, illustrating a rolling movement of the head slider 32 in a rolling direction R during a seek operation in the seek direction 44.
  • the rectangular figures of chained lines in the drawings represent the normal position of the head slider 32.
  • the head slider 32 is slightly rotated counter-clockwise in Fig. 10, and clockwise in Fig. 11.
  • Fig. 12 is a substantially schematic cross-sectional view of the head slider 32, taken along the line X-X of Fig. 5, illustrating a pitching movement of the head slider 32 in a pitching direction P during a seek operation performed in the direction 44.
  • the head slider 32 is slightly rotated clockwise in this figure.
  • This rolling movement and the pitching movement of the head slider 31 around the dimple 42 are effectively damped by a resisting force provided by the gimbal spring 31.
  • the resisting force is caused by bending or torsional stress in the leg portions of the gimbal 31 corresponding to the movement of the head slider 32.
  • Fig. 13 is a computer simulation diagram representing the vibration mode of the gimbal spring 31 of Fig. 5.
  • the seek direction 48 is taken in a direction X-X normal to the longitudinal direction of the central leg portion 35.
  • the points 45, 46 and 47 represent the same fixing points as those of Fig. 9.
  • the resonant frequency in the seek direction 48 is approximately 10kHz, i.e. suitably higher than the 5 kHz of the previously described gimbal spring of prior art, implying some possible application to a suspension mechanism movable in the seek direction 48 normal to the longitudinal direction of the central leg portion 35.
  • Fig. 14 is a partial plan view of a suspension mechanism of the modified embodiment illustrating the assembly relationship between a gimbal spring, a head slider 32 and a load beam 30, wherein the longitudinal direction of the head slider 32 and the gimbal spring 33 is rotated by a right angle as compared with that of Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 15 is a cross-sectional side view of the suspension mechanism of Fig. 14, taken along a line Z-Z shown in Fig. 14. The line Z-Z coincides with the longitudinal center line of a load beam 30 and that of a central leg portion 35 of a gimbal spring 31A.
  • the suspension mechanism of this type is applied to a recording disk apparatus having a swivelling head positioner of the type B arrangement.
  • the seek direction 49 coincides with the direction of the longitudinal center line of the load beam 30, while the seek direction 44 of the suspension mechanism of Fig. 5 is normal to the longitudinal center line of the load beam 30.
  • the length of a mounting tab 34A is shortened to reduce the whole width L of the gimbal spring 31A so as to adapt to the short width of the load beam 30.
  • Fig. 16 is a plan view of a modified gimbal spring 31B.
  • the gimbal spring need not be rectangular when seen from the top.
  • the gimbal spring 31B has a rounded shape and comprises a central leg portion 35B, and side leg portions 33B and 34B, as shown in Fig. 16.
  • Another form can be adopted for simlifying manufacture of the gimbal spring and its assembly to the load beam.
  • a loading protrusion may be formed on a gimbal spring instead of a load beam.
  • Fig. 17 is a cross-sectional side view of a modified gimbal spring 31C taken along the longitudinal center of its central leg portion 35C.
  • the loading protrusion 42C is formed in the substantially central portion of the central leg portion 31C, and is in contact with the top surface of a load beam 30C at a loading point 0 in the vicinity of the free end of the load beam 30C, when the gimbal spring 31C is mounted on the load beam 30C.

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  1. Mécanisme de suspension destiné à suspendre un transducteur au-dessus d'un disque en rotation avec un espacement prédéterminé entre eux, ledit mécanisme de suspension comportant :
    - une traverse de charge (30) ayant une section de maintien, une section élastique (7) et une section rigide (30) reliées l'une à l'autre dans l'ordre cité, ladite traverse de charge étant fixée sur ledit bras rigide au niveau de ladite section de maintien;
    - un patin de support de tête (32) destiné à porter ledit transducteur, et
    - un ressort d'articulation (31) fixé sur une partie de ladite section rigide de ladite traverse de charge au voisinage de l'extrémité libre de ladite traverse de charge,
       caractérisé en ce que ledit ressort d'articulation (31) comporte :
    i) un ressort à lame central (35) s'étendant longitudinalement sensiblement dans la direction de recherche et ayant une surface supérieure sur laquelle est collé ledit patin de support de tête (32),
    ii) des ressorts à lame latéraux (33, 34) disposés parallèlement à et au niveau de côtés opposés par rapport au dit ressort à lame central (35), des parties centrales desdits ressorts à lame latéraux étant fixées sur ladite traverse rigide au niveau de points de fixation (40, 41); et
    iii) des branches repliées (36, 37) reliant chaque extrémité longitudinale dudit ressort à lame central (35) avec les extrémités longitudinales respectives desdits ressorts à lame latéraux (33, 34), et relevant ledit ressort à lame central par rapport aux dits ressorts à lame latéraux;
       une saillie de charge (42, 42c) s'étendant dans un espace entre ladite section rigide de la traverse de charge et une surface inférieure dudit ressort à lame central, opposée à ladite surface supérieure sur laquelle est porté ledit patin de support de tête (31), ladite saillie de charge se trouvant sensiblement le long d'un axe dudit patin de support de tête,
       lesdits points de fixation (40, 41) et ladite saillie (42) étant sensiblement alignés dans une direction perpendiculaire à ou le long de la direction de recherche de telle sorte que ledit patin de support de tête peut effectuer des mouvements de tangage et de roulis autour de ladite saillie,
       et en ce que ledit patin de support de tête (32) est collé au niveau de ladite surface supérieure dudit ressort à lame central (35).
  2. Mécanisme de suspension selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit ressort d'articulation (31) est réalisé sous la forme d'un élément monolithique.
  3. Mécanisme de suspension selon la revendication 1, comportant en outre des moyens de patte de montage(38, 39) qui s'étendent vers l'extérieur depuis des parties centrales desdits ressorts à lame latéraux (34, 35) afin de fixer ledit ressort d'articulation (31) sur ladite section rigide de la traverse de charge (30).
  4. Mécanisme de suspension selon la revendication 3, dans lequel lesdits moyens de patte de montage comportent deux pattes de montage (38, 39) qui s'étendent depuis des ressorts à lame latéraux respectifs au niveau de chaque côté dudit ressort à lame central (35).
  5. Mécanisme de suspension selon la revendication 3, dans lequel lesdits points de fixation (40, 41) se trouvent sur et de chaque côté de l'axe (X-X′) qui passe par le point de contact (O) de ladite saillie (42).
  6. Mécanisme de suspension selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la zone délimitée par lesdits points de montage (40, 41) a une dimension en largeur qui est parallèle à et relativement faible comparée à la dimension en longueur de ladite articulation (31) de façon à permettre aux dits ressorts à lame latéraux (33, 34) de fléchir.
  7. Mécanisme de suspension selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la hauteur de ladite saillie (42) est supérieure à la différence de hauteur dudit ressort à lame central (35) par rapport aux dits ressorts à lame latéraux (33, 34).
  8. Mécanisme de suspension selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la hauteur de ladite saillie (42) est sensiblement égale à la différence de hauteur dudit ressort à lame central (35) par rapport aux dits ressorts à lame latéraux (33, 34).
  9. Mécanisme de suspension selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit ressort d'articulation (31) est réalisé dans une plaque de matière élastique ayant une épaisseur uniforme.
  10. Mécanisme de suspension selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la direction longitudinale de ladite partie de patte centrale (35) est perpendiculaire à l'axe sensiblement longitudinal de ladite traverse de charge.
  11. Mécanisme de suspension selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit patin de support de tête (32) est collé sur la surface supérieure de ladite partie de patte centrale (35) en utilisant une matière adhésive.
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